Substance Abuse in States and Metropolitan Areas: Model Based Estimates From the 1991-1993 NHSDA--Methodology Report

• NCJ Number: 169073
• Author(s): R E Folsom; D R Judkins
• Date Published: 1997
• Length: 339 pages
• Contract Number(s): 283-91-5402
• Sponsoring Agency: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin (SAMHSA)
• Corporate Author: RTI International
• Sale Source: SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DCC

Annotation

The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) has been the Federal Government's primary source of information on the magnitude of drug use and abuse in the United States and has been used by policy makers to monitor trends in drug use and to identify problem areas.

Abstract

In addition to assessing drug use prevalence and trends, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services uses NHSDA data to investigate many special topics that are important for understanding the nature of drug abuse. Despite the value of the NHSDA for national statistics, however, the survey by itself is not an adequate source of information about drug abuse at State and Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) levels. For that reason, algorithms have been developed in mathematical models that relate available local data to drug abuse measured in the NHSDA. Methods and procedures used in the NHSDA are described, and detailed mathematical formulations are provided. Appendixes contain further information on the classification of drug and alcohol dependence, MSA definitions, technical information on the computer software used in mathematical calculations, information on geographic predictors of drug and alcohol abuse, tables of actual estimates for States and MSA's, and tables of confidence intervals. Reference, tables, and exhibits